[bvw]

I am not the thief -- it is the people who have bought the law from my agents, corrupted. That 14 became 28 became 56 became 75 and now 100 years serves as what the "Declaration of Independence" calls "a long Train of Abuses and Usurpations, pursuing invariably the same Object". By the honor and grace of the general public is any orderly free society kept, the police and the Courts are far the lesser than the public's graces, mores and honor.

Laws have an absolute foundaion, a person can not ignore it, and take a shortcut that says "Whatever the Governement says, that is the full Law." That is a slovenly attitude.

[tdadams]

blah, blah, blah...serves as what the "Declaration of Independence" calls "a long Train of Abuses and Usurpations, pursuing invariably the same Object".

Get a little historical perspective will you? The legislature denying you the legal right to download all the music you want for free hardly ranks up there with some of the egregious acts of King George preceeding the American Revolution.

You're becoming more and more laughable with each post.

[tdadams]

Laws have an absolute foundaion, a person can not ignore it, and take a shortcut that says "Whatever the Governement says, that is the full Law." That is a slovenly attitude.

Being able to enjoy the fruits of your labor, free from the plunder and pleas of those who would take it from you, seems to be a pretty absolute foundation to me.

I'm hardly one to agree with every whim of the government, but I happen to think copyright law is pretty solid and valid. The truly slovenly attitude is one that says "I should be able to have this becuase I want it" without regard to how you're infringing the rights of others.